Ryan's Comment on Plant Closing Draws Criticism

By

Janet Hook

Updated Sept. 3, 2012 9:24 p.m. ET

TAMPA, Fla.—A passage in Rep. Paul Ryan's speech Wednesday night has triggered controversy because Democrats said it implied President Barack Obama was to blame for a Wisconsin plant closing, even though it was largely shuttered before Mr. Obama was in the White House.

Democrats said Mr. Ryan misled voters. "He blamed the president for an auto plant that closed under the previous administration,'' said Stephanie Cutter, deputy...